The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited have inaugurated 140 trainees for an intensive three-month Advanced Nigerian Content Human Capital Development (NC-HCD) Programme for the US$10 billion NLNG Train 7 Project on Bonny Island, Rivers State.
The trainees, who are graduates in different academic disciplines, had completed a 12-month Basic Training Programme in diverse oil and gas industry-related skill sets and are now for the on-the-job phase which includes active hands-on participation in operational areas such as Turn Around Maintenance (TAM), Commissioning, and Desktop Programmes, among others.
Daily Trust recalled that on November 2024, a set of 331 trainees under Batch A of the NLNG T7 HCD Training Programme had begun capacity development in facility management, engineering, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Health Safety and Environment (HSE), Quality Assurance and Quality Control, as well as welding and fabrication.
Another set of 77 trainees under Batch B of the same training programme began capacity development in data analytics and supply chain management among several other fields relevant to the operations of the oil and gas industry.
Addressing the trainees and trainers drawn from the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN) in Port Harcourt yesterday as well as management personnel of the NCDMB and NLNG, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr Felix Omatsola Ogbe, said the Advanced NC-HCD training is more than a milestone, but an expression of the collective commitment of the Board and the NLNG “to nurturing world-class Nigerian professionals who will shape the future of our oil and gas industry.”
The NCDMB boss, who was represented by the Manager, Human Capital Development, Mrs Tarilate Teide-Bribena, said the board and NLNG are “advancing even further by formally launching the on-the-job component of the NLNG Train 7 NC-HCD Programme,” which would see 140 bright and promising Nigerians gain practical exposure and real-time experience across technical domains within the NLNG operational plants in Bonny Island.
The trainers, he noted, have helped to bridge the gap between training and employability – ensuring that trainees do not just learn but are ready to add value from day one.
In her own remarks, the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development of the NLNG, Dr Sophia Horsfall, expressed profound appreciation to the NCDMB for productive collaboration on the HCD Programme, which she described as “a reaffirmation of NLNG’s unwavering commitment to human capital development.”
The training, she noted, is particularly significant as the NLNG Train 7 Project, which involves very advanced technology, has reached 80 per cent completion, and highly skilled technical manpower would be required.
